movies
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Why Won't Hollywood Let Black Movies Be Great?
I’ve long been of two minds about Kevin Hart. On the one hand, I appreciate that he’s a seemingly bonhomous young brother who’s built an empire for himself by selling out shows and racking up receipts at the box office. There’s little more gratifying than a black man starting from the bottom (the actual bottom, Drake) and making…
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The Hip-Hop Dalmatians Are the Greatest Rap Group That Never Was. Probably. Maybe.
As far as late-’90s and early-2000s black cinema goes, Brown Sugar is probably my favorite movie. The Wood is as close a second as you can get, much in the way thatReasonable Doubt is my favorite Jay Z album but I can listen to The Blueprint all day every day. In fact, The Wood is…
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An Interview With Independent Black Filmmaker Alton Glass
A few weeks back, I wrote a post entitled, “Dear Netflix, You Are A Liar”. In this post, I spoke about the Black movies that Netflix was alleging were popular that I found hard to believe. Now, as a cultural arbiter of Blackness, Black movies are my bag, baby, but still, lies are lies. Well,…
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Roll Bounce Would Be The Perfect Movie…If Not For One Insignificantly Significant Problem.
I love the movie Roll Bounce. And if you’ve seen it, you probably love it too. It’s lovable. It makes me happy. It’s like sun your wedding day. Its like when somebody offers you a free ride RIGHT before you’re about to pay! Or even like, good advice that you take and it works! That’s…
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GET ON UP Screening Passes (Baltimore – Wednesday, July 23| DC Coming Soon!)
If you’re into Black cinema, then you already know what GET ON UP is about. But on the off chance you don’t, it’s the biopic of James Brown, one of the most famous artists of all time. Starring Chadwick Boseman as the icon himself, here’s a synopsis for all you suckas that don’t know: Based…